Helen Ormerod (née Reid) was the sister of Janet Reid. In 1971, Janet cancelled a trip to Leicester for Helen and her husband George's wedding anniversary party. When Helen and George visited Janet in Weatherfield a few days later, they inadvertently blew her cover by telling Stan and Hilda Ogden about Janet's no-show, as she'd used the party as an alibi for a visit to Leeds to follow Alan Howard, with whom she was having an affair.